HANOI -- The bodies of 13 rescuers have been retrieved from the rubbles of a recent landslide in central Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue province as of Thursday evening, while several victims remained missing, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The 13 dead were part of a 21-member rescue team who had set out to verify reports of workers buried by another landslide at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in Thua Thien Hue's Phong Dien District. (Vietnam-Landslide)

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MOSCOW -- Moscow will respond to new sanctions from the European Union over the alleged poisoning of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny, TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

"Much to our regret, this is a deliberate unfriendly step against Russia. The Council of the EU harmed relations with our country by making this decision," Peskov said. (Russia-EU-Sanctions)

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NICOSIA -- President of Cyprus' Parliament Demetris Syllouris on Thursday announced his resignation in the wake of a media report about a scandal related to the country's controversial citizenship-by-investment program.

Syllouris also said that he gave up his seat in parliament which he has held for 28 years. (Cyprus-Parliament President)

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DAR ES SALAAM -- At least 12 people have been killed in flash floods caused by ongoing heavy rains in Tanzania's business capital Dar es Salaam, police said on Thursday.

Lazaro Mambosasa, the Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander, said in a statement that the victims died after they were swept away by floods. Two children from the same family were among the victims. (Tanzania-Flood) Enditem

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